May 31, 2011
Dried up corn is seen in a field in eastern China, where a record drought threatens to push global food prices up. Oxfam called on Tuesday for an overhaul of the world’s food system, warning that in a couple of decades, millions more people would be gripped by hunger due to population growth and climate-hit [...]
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May 13, 2011
Poverty will rise in Vietnam as a result of soaring inflation this year so the government must stay the course on price-busting policies, John Hendra, head of the United Nations mission in the country, said on Tuesday. A UN study showed that poverty increased by 2.1 per cent after Vietnam’s last bout of high [...]
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March 22, 2010
The Ministry of Transport has recommended to the Prime Minister that fines for pedestrians violating traffic laws in Ha Noi and HCM City should be raised . . . The proposal is part of the draft decree on road traffic fines, which proposes fines at about 50 per cent higher than currently regulated in Decree [...]
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February 7, 2010
Workers of the Binh Dinh Footwear Co make shoes for export. Vietnamese footwear manufacturers need to focus on domestic market due to a downturn in footwear exports.LookAtVietnam – A downturn in footwear exports and loss of competitive edge has prompted Vietnamese footwear manufacturers to focus on brand recognition and the long-neglected domestic market.“The nation is [...]
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February 6, 2010
LookAtVietnam – January saw positive signs for Vietnam’s foreign trade activities thanks to the progressive recovery of world prices and demand. According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), Vietnam’s exports in January enjoyed strong growth rates from the post-crisis period, reaching $4.9 billion, up 28.1 per cent compared to the corresponding period last [...]
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February 6, 2010
LookAtVietnam – Vietnam’s industrial and export values slightly declined in January, but economists said the momentum for its economic recovery has been anchored. January’s industrial value dropped 4.6 per cent against December, 2009. The export turnover was down 10.4 per cent month-on-month, the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s (MPI) reported last week. While the MPI [...]
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February 5, 2010
Climate change was now one of the most important development priorities for the World Bank in Viet Nam, the Bank’s Environment Sector Co-ordinator Douglas J Graham said. Workers plant trees along the coast in central Thanh Hoa Province’s Hoang Hoa District. More than 256,000 trees have been planted as part of environmental programmes in the [...]
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February 5, 2010
Business confidence among Viet Nam’s small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) climbed 10 points in the fourth quarter last year, . . . Sandy Flockhart, HSBC’s chairman of personal and commercial banking, said: “Our small business confidence index is telling us that confidence levels are back to pre-financial crisis levels. Not only are SMEs confident that [...]
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February 5, 2010
LookAtVietnam – Viet Nam will import 260,000 tomes of salt in 2010, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade. The price in northern and central provinces is higher, at around VND1 million ($55) per tonne.“This is the commitment of Viet Nam when the country became member of the World Trade Organisation,” affirmed Ngo Chi [...]
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February 5, 2010
The Viet Nam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) announced it had signed three new contracts at a press conference in Ha Noi yesterday, February 4. The contracts included two oil and gas exploration and extraction deals at Block 105-110 and Block 04-2, and another at Kossor in Uzbekistan.The group reported a total revenue of [...]
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